Before he was a name behind education and youth empowerment initiatives, Sachin Sopan Awate was an engineering student who knew exactly what it felt like to want something he couldn’t afford. That memory became a mission — one that’s now earned him a nomination for the IBC Excellence Awards 2026. From a modest set of tutorials in Mazgaon to the Suryakund Mahapurush Society, this is the story of a man who chose purpose over comfort, and made someone else’s dream his own.
